Roborock - Q7 MaxV

Awesome score, congrats! Roomba sucks (no pun). They used to be a leader in the space but skated on name recognition for too long while the Chinese brands swooped in and started kicking their ass. Last I heard they're really struggling and close to bankruptcy. I absolutely adore my cheapo Roborock, it's amazing and I wish I'd gotten it sooner but I was hesitant to get a robot because of all the shit people had to say about Roombas. Shark can be hit or miss these days I've heard. Hope it fulfills all your wildest home cleanliness dreams!

I have the Q7 Max. No bells nor whistles but does an excellent job cleaning up after three inconsiderate cats and their messy human.

I run a Roborock Q7 Max daily (vacuum only, not mopping) on similar flooring with 3 dogs. It’s fantastic for staying on top of all the shed hair—runs every day at 3pm, auto-empties, and I come home to clean, hair-free floors. My fiancée uses the mopping feature weekly. Personally, I find it just okay… it saves me from mopping the whole house but still requires spot-mopping visibly dirty areas. Of course, we still do occasional full vacuuming (lots of rugs), but the Roborock is surprisingly effective on hair, crumbs, and dust. I used to be anti-robovac after owning a couple weak (comparatively) ones a decade ago, but the tech has seriously improved. Side note since you have cats: I’m paranoid about dog smell with three in the house, so I went deep into the air purifier subreddit and bought a few. They’ve cut down dust and dander, and trusted friends say the house smells great.

I have a Roborock Q7 max. Totally delighted with it! I’ve schedule it to run 3x a week (M-W-F). House is clean and well dusted. It recognizes carpet and lifts itself up and stops the wet mop on carpet. It’s cool!! 😎 been using it for 3+ years now. No complaints.

Same here! I was super skeptical at first, but after moving in with two dogs (and a long-haired partner lol), I finally caved and got a Q7 Max. My experience is basically the same, keeping the floors clear made a huge difference, and regular runs pick up so much hair I didn’t even know was there. Honestly, it’s like my most-used gadget now. The self-emptying bin is a total game changer too. The first week I tried running it only once every few days and it was constantly getting overwhelmed, but switching to daily runs made everything smoother.

I can't get my q7 max to connect to my phone anymore. It's so frustrating. No issues with q5 pro, but not sure I'll go when roborock again.

Anything that can run Valetudo. I have Dreame L10s Ultra downstrairs and Roborock Q7 Max upstairs.

You have to disassemble the whole unit. Other than that, it was easy. But as the other commented, on new units it's not possible anymore.

? I've had a Q7 Max for over a year now and HA support works great for it. There **was** a brief period when Roborock changed something on the back end and it didn't work for like a week, but that's long since fixed.

It's very likely that no Roborock currently on sale is supported by Valetudo. The page mentions the Q7 Max, but also points out that recent Q7 models have changed something that makes the rooting process not work.

If the Roborock has LIDAR (should have a short tower in the middle), then get that one. The G50 doesn't, and some kind of LIDAR is going to be better.

So an unknown brand just came out with a fairly pedestrian robot with stationary-pad mopping, and it has a higher rating than some of the highest-regarded robots on the market? Nope. If you really need mopping on a budget, take a look at the Dreame D10+, Eufy L60 Hybrid, or one of the Roborock Q series robots. For a big improvement in mopping for not much more money, look at the Eufy C20 or Dreame L10s Ultra series. Mova can be good, if they've solved their problem with fragile front wheels. If you don't care about mopping, look at the Eufy L60 SES or SwitchBot K10+.

We have a corgi, a cat, and a baby. We are using Roborock Q7 Max for everyday vacuuming, it does a very good job. Just make sure you clean it at least every 2-3 weeks, because hairs get stuck everywhere inside, but if you use auto-clean mode, it does 90% of the job already, but still some hair might be stuck. Yes, it could get stuck in some random places, but we got used to this and clean (from extra stuff) those areas to avoid the robot got confused. As I said, Roborock Q7 Max every day (usually once per day, but sometimes even 2x) + Dyson V15 for some areas if needed.

We have the Roborock Q7 Max. We have one for eeach floor. I just hooked them up to HA today and it was super easy! If I had to buy them again, I'd focus on vacuum specs only and save some money - we never actually use the mop functionality.